Elizabethtown DECEMBER 12, 2018
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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 49
UPCOMING GATHERINGS
Masonic Village, 1 Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown, will host two support groups. The Dementia Caregiver Support and Education Group meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 18, will be a potluck social. The group meets every third Tuesday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., and there is no cost to attend. Also, the monthly Bereavement Support Group will meet on Thursday, Dec. 20. This group meets every third Thursday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Refreshments are served, and there is no cost to attend. For more information, call 717-367-1121. TAX CREDIT PROGRAM
Elizabethtown Public Library has announced that this fall it was approved as an educational improvement organization in Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program. The program allows EITC-approved participating businesses to receive a 75 percent tax credit when they contribute to an approved educational improvement organization, up to a maximum amount per year. Businesses interested in this tax credit program can learn more at www.dced.pa.gov/programs/ educational-improvement-tax-credit -program-eitc. HAM DINNER
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 27 E. Main St., Mount Joy, will serve a free ham dinner on Sunday, Dec. 16, from 4 to 5 p.m. There is no cost for the meal, but those planning to attend should call the church office at 717-653-5493 to make reservations no later than Thursday, Dec. 13.
Chiques Church of the Brethren, 4045 Sunnyside Road, Manheim, will host a Christmas Eve service on Monday, Dec. 24, beginning at 6:45 p.m. with an organ prelude. The public is invited. The service will begin at 7 p.m., and it will be an adaptation of the traditional Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. The lessons will be interspersed with solos and the singing of Christmas carols and hymns. The first Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King’s College in Cambridge, England, was held in 1918. In honor of the 100-year tradition at King’s College, the opening carol will be “Once in David’s Royal City.” Worship will conclude with the lighting of candles and the congregational singing of two final carols.
Star Barn Village Sets Festive Events pg 9
Holiday Musical Slated pg 9
New Year’s Eve Celebration Adds Fireworks By Chelsea Peifer
For the fifth consecutive year, volunteers from Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Winters Heritage House Museum have put together a fun-filled, family-oriented New Year’s Eve celebration for the community. The event, Welcome 2019, is set to take place from 3 to 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 31. Several new elements have been added for this year’s celebration, but the one that organizers are perhaps the most thrilled about is a professional fireworks display. The fireworks will begin immediately after the raising of a lighted star at 7 p.m. outside of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 125 E. High St., Elizabethtown. By raising the star at 7 p.m., the church is continuing a tradition that Elizabethtown Borough held for many
years in conjunction with its sister town of Letterkenny, Ireland. Organizer Phil Clark explained that at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time in Elizabethtown, the clock strikes midnight for residents welcoming the new year in Letterkenny. Plus, hosting a celebration well before midnight gives local families and anyone who would rather not stay up late an alternative option for ringing in the new year. From 3 to 6 p.m., chicken barbecue dinners will be available to purchase at the church. Meals will include a halfchicken, a baked potato, fruit, and a bottle of water. Advance tickets for the chicken dinners may be purchased at the church or by calling 717-367-2786. Homemade soup will also be for sale at the church that evening. Aside from the chicken barbecue and soup, the entire event is free. Children’s See Welcome 2019 pg 3
Cross Roads Church Plans Community Christmas Meal The members of Cross Roads Brethren in Christ (BIC) Church, 800 Donegal Springs Road, Mount Joy, invite area residents to join them for the 21st annual Community Christmas Day Meal. People are welcome to stop in at the church from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to enjoy a hot turkey dinner. All are welcome, and there is no cost to attend. Takeout options are also available. Attendees who would like to pay it forward are welcome to bring a nonperishable food item to donate to the Mount Joy Food Bank. Reservations are requested, but not See Christmas Meal pg 8
By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Members of Cross Roads Brethren in Christ Church in Mount Joy, including (from left) Joe McFarland, Clare Funck, and Denise Steck, will host a free Community Christmas Day Meal on Dec. 25 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Winters Heritage House Museum in Elizabethtown will host Welcome 2019, a free community New Year’s Eve event, from 3 to 7 p.m. on Dec. 31.
LDHL Launches Secret Santa Program
By Chelsea Peifer
Founded in 1961 as Citizen Scholarship Fund and changing its name to Dollars for Scholars of Lancaster County for a time, Lancaster Dollars for Higher Learning (LDHL) has always had one mission: that of helping county residents to attend college full time by providing interest-free loans. “We offer a hand up, not a handout,” said executive director Christie Livengood. She noted that LDHL has a 96 percent repayment rate. “Students pay (their loans) back because we’re a local nonprofit and they know it matters. By paying it back, in turn, they help someone else.” See Secret Santa pg 3
Lancaster Dollars for Higher Learning executive director Christie Livengood (left) and administrator Amy Heth invite the public to contribute to the new Secret Santa event.
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